ML20079F340

Affidavit of Tf Gerrets Re Allegations of Missing & Phony QA Documentation & Forged Signatures on Safety Insps

ML20079F340
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	01/12/1984
From:	Gerrets T LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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ML20079F327	List: ML20079F324 ML20079F340
References
ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8401180231
Download: ML20079F340 (3)

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i e Y ATTACHMENT 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board In the Matter of )

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LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-382 OL

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(Waterford Steam Electric Station, )

Unit 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS F. GERRETS THOMAS F. GERRETS, being duly sworn according to law, de-poses and says:

1. My name is Thomas F. Gerrets. I am employed by Louisiana Power & Light Company as the Corporate Quality Assur-ance Manager, with principal duties related to the design and construction of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3.

2. The December 10, 1983 issue of Gambit alleges on page 22 that at Waterford 3 there are "... missing [QA] documents that have been replaced by phony documents manufactured after the fact; faulty documents that have been altered or ' doctored's and some instances involving possible forged signatures on safety in-spections okaying the workmanship on critical safety-related structured." I and others in my quality assurance organization have investigated these allegations, and we tave found no 8401180231 840113 PDR ADOCK 050003B2 Q PDR

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y' 3 instance of any records containing false or manufactured test or inspection data and no instance of malfeasance in the gener-ation of testing or inspection reports.

3. I can only speculate on the source of these unexplained charges. The articles describe a meeting with George Hill, a QA records reviewer, myself, and other QA per-sonnel which took place on July 7, 1983. Reference was made by Mr. Hill to a previously existing Nonconformance Report

("NCR"), NCF. W3-6245, dated May 20, 1983, which identified 13 daily cadweld inspection reports (out of thousands of such reports) containing questionable initials of quality control inspectors whose job it was to inspect each cadweld of the reinforcing steel for the foundation mat. Each instance was investigated and supplementary and backup documentation, as 1

well as personal on-site inspection of the reports by three of the inspectors involved, verified that the involved welds had, in fact, been properly performed and inspected. On this basis, the weids were determined to be acceptable, and the NCR was duly resolved in accordance with the QA program procedures.

4. I know of one other instance where questions arose concerning the authenticity of record signatures or initials.

This is identified on NCR W3-7481, and involves cadweld tensile test laboratory reports where both an original and a reconstructed duplicate exists. The laboratory which performed the tests was contacted as well as other Ebasco personnel who N

I were involved with these specific records. The individual who was the manager of the testing lab during the time when the documents were generated has inspected the documents on site and has certified the original documents. Both the testing laboratory personnel and Ebasco personnel familiar with the procedure which were in effect at the time the documents were generated confirm that, in some cases during construction, it was thought that the original test document was lost and therefore a duplicate was constructed from original test data which existed in the testing laboratory log books. In all cases, the tensile test data on the duplicate document has been verified to be identical to that which exists on one or more of the following documents: the original document, a photocopy of the original document, and the original or a photocopy of " Record of Rebar User's Testing" (Form fQC-28). On this basis, the test data were determined to be proper and- acceptable, and the NCR was duly resolved in accordance with QA program procedures.

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Thomas F. Gerrets Subscribgd and sworn to before me this /d - day of January,1984.

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